I have a research and need some information about signature detection of NOD32.

Can anyone from Eset say me that "the amount of signature detection in Kaspersky 6.0 Antivirus is higher, or in Nod32 2.7" ?

I know all things regarding nod's A.H. and its magic , however I need to now exactly which of above antiviruses can detect more malwares with only their signature database?

Thanks.

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kaspersky finds more by signatures than nod32, kasperskys heuristics have been pretty poor considering, and it still beats nod32 in detection, but both are very good and have different pros and different cons.

kaspersky finds more by signatures than nod32, kasperskys heuristics have been pretty poor considering, and it still beats nod32 in detection, but both are very good and have different pros and different cons.

kaspersky finds more by signatures than nod32, kasperskys heuristics have been pretty poor considering, and it still beats nod32 in detection, but both are very good and have different pros and different cons.

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true but it might change soon with kaspersky's new heristic engine in january.
also different av's do there sig numbering differently.
lodore

kaspersky does detect more by Signatures than nod32.
nod32 relies on heuristics to much IMO.
as said before heuristics are not a completely developed technlogy and should not be completely relied on.
lodore

MAYBE kaspersky (but i am not sure, as while kav may detect 1000s as rbot.gen, nod32 could give to each one e.g. rbot.nkl, rbot.nkm, etc. names), but for knowing for sure i would need to run both on the whole sets of files, and I am sorry but do not have time for doing that (and do not really see the need for knowing this, for the reason gave above).

But the reality has proved that the heuristic technologies are successful and reliable for all the NOD32 users all over the world , lodore .

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very true but kaspersky still detects more due to large amount of signatures.
the best defense is great heuristics and fast signature updates.
i think thats why soon kaspersky with its new heristic engine next year will be the ultimate protection and with pdm as well.
thats three layers of protection.
most companys are relising that you need more than one defence.
thats why kaspersky added pdm and now getting a better heristic engine.
im guessing eset are adding new defences as well.
lodore

The answer to your question is not easily given because you have to understand how signature and heuristic play within the av. In my opinion, how quickly vendors react to outbreak and produce signature/heuristic detection is what you want to rely on. Both Kaspersky and NOD are excellent in terms of their response times. Kaspersky is adding signatures more often than NOD, but NOD has its heuristic engine that already might detect what Kaspersky is adding.

Kaspersky might classify each variants as one signature, whereas NOD might classify all the variants as one signature.

Again, how quickly vendors react to outbreak is what you want to rely on, not necessarily relying how many signatures an av has. Plus, most of the dangerous malware is the newer malware.

Nod_lover,
Kaspersky might classify each variants as one signature, whereas NOD might classify all the variants as one signature.

Again, how quickly vendors react to outbreak is what you want to rely on, not necessarily relying how many signatures an av has. Plus, most of the dangerous malware is the newer malware.

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Sounds impressive, but both have these kinds of detections with regards to detecting multiple variants with one sig, this is not a a Nod32 invention believe it or not ......................................you might think "most of the dangerous malware is the newer malware", but it means very little to the guy/girl being infected with something not doing the rounds aggressively ATM.